Lattice Technology Releases XVL Player Version 10

Free XVL Viewer Handles Support for XVL v.10, the industry’s most compressed 3D format.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif - Lattice Technology®, developers of digital manufacturing applications using the XVL® format, today announced the release of Version 10 of its free XVL Player.

XVL Player is a freely available viewer that allows anyone with 3D XVL data to be able to quickly view, rotate and cross-section the 3D geometry, check assembly trees against 3D parts, play animations, and view PMI, annotations and other data that might be contained within the XVL file. XVL Player works on Windows PCs, and allows users with low specification PCs and no CAD knowledge to quickly explore and understand 3D data for their needs.

This latest XVL Player supports the new XVL v10 format, which delivers the industry’s most compressed 3D format with no loss of accuracy. XVL v10 can compress 3D CAD data to 0.5% of its original size for both surface and polygon data, allowing anyone in the manufacturing supply chain to quickly view and understand even the most complex 3D CAD data.

New tools in this updated version of XVL Player include easier navigation of the user interface to more easily access the wide range of controls available to view and interrogate the 3D data, plus new tools to change the behavior of process animations saved within the XVL file.

“XVL Player is an important application for use of 3D as a part of a company’s digital manufacturing strategy,” commented Bill Barnes, General Manager, Lattice Technology. “It is important to allow access to 3D for everyone in the supply chain – not just those with CAD seats and high end hardware. This access, via the free XVL Player, builds productivity, eradicates errors and enables profitability to occur in manufacturing.”

XVL Player is available free, after a short registration, at Lattice Technology’s web site.

To understand more about the strategies and techniques for using 3D in a digital manufacturing strategy, Lattice Technology recently released a free downloadable e-book, ‘Improving Lean Manufacturing Through 3D Data’ by Dr. Hiroshi Toriya. The book delivers a series of case studies, survey data and information that help manufacturers understand how to take 3D out of the design stage and make it relevant to a lean manufacturing strategy.